Wichita eagle., 1887-01-29
OVER THE OCEAN.
England.

LONDON, Jan. 2S-The government
proposition for reform of the procedure
rules OF parliament to transfer the Initiative
for demanding closure to any member who
has obtained the speakers consent to make
motions to adjourn the house and discuss
business of urgent public. Importance,
which has been dependent hitherto upon
the concent of forty members shall not in
future be made without the consent Of the
speaker, to whom statement upon the
subject proposed to be discussed must be
submitted ia writing.
Theodore Fry, Liberal member for Oar
lington, asked the government in the
bonse Of commons this afternoon what
they had done to prevent the
burning of dwellings from which
tenants had been evicted a
Greenleigh, Ireland He also asked
whether General Sir Redfers Butler had
tried to obtain concessions in rent for the
tenantry in Ireland.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chief secretary
for Ireland, replied that General Butler
had not interferred until some seventy
evictions had been executed, when he tried
the influence of mortgages towards greater
leniency The government, Sir Michael
said, had no legal right to go further than
this. There is, continued the chief sccre-
tary, one real remedy, that is to remove
these poor people from the poverty strick-
en- districts; tcrieS OF shame, shame, >
mo" never" "shame') to some other
place in Ireland. \ great and prolonged
uproar here ensued.
The subject of dispute between the
United States and Great Britain in regard
to Canadian fisheries was brought up in
the house of commons this afternoon. Sir
James Ferguson, parliamentary secretary
of foreign affairs, in answer to inquiries
saws the government has been comforting
with the government Of the United States
on the question. The Canadian fisheries,
he said, are very valuable and the govern
ment had followed the policy concerning
them which had been adopted by proceed
ing governments and would maintain the
rights Of col0niss with every desire to
concilitte the United States. The govern
ment is unable at present To Garrate the
whole course of negotiations with the
United States. bat could state that dis
patch has been received which was OF a
pacific nature and afforded material
grounds for hope Of final settlement of the
dispute.
United States Minister Phelps had an
hours conference with Marquis Salisbury
today at the premier's request To discuss
the Canadian fisheries question. The con
ference vas most cordial on both sides.
Lord Salisbury expressed himself gratiiied
at the general tone Of the American press
and people in the dispute; and ne assured
Mr.. Phcl, s that England and Canada were
equally DESTROYS of an amicahl1 adjustment
of the whole case.
Germany has made arrangements to Al
once erect barracks at various points along
the French frontier, thus answering Franco
(as dispatch from Berlin giving The lntci
iigence SAYS with harracil for harrach.
The'secretary Of the Hebrew dramatic
club, which was giving the entertainment
at the hall in Spilaliield street, in which !
pauic occurred on January II. resulting II
the loss of several lives. has testified tia
the panic was caused by the action 81 tn
secretary Of Il rival club.